Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world. Today's question comes from Andy, calling from Dover, New Hampshire. Alejandro Vélez: That is a ...
On warm spring nights across North America, male frogs belt out their distinctive mating calls from ponds and wetlands. But those chirps and croaks may not just be pickup lines. They might partially ...
When the time is right, a good love song can make all the difference. A study from UC Davis found that temperature affects the sound and quality of male frogs’ mating calls. In the colder, early weeks ...
Photographs and video were taken at the Francis Marion National Forest in South Carolina, with assistance from Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy, a national nonprofit.Credit...Photographs and Video by ...
We’re now in the last week of May and Japanese honeysuckle is blooming all over the place. This woody vine has fragrant yellow and white flowers that perfume the air like multiflora roses do but, like ...
For most people, Memorial Day marks the first day of summer. The official first day of summer is not observed until three weeks later, on June 20, but the three-day weekend gives people a chance to ...